Senate Bill S2669

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes an Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1472
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §207, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.6504-A & A.3122-A)

2025-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the director of the office of the aging from deciding resources and information concerning Alzheimer's disease and any other dementia related matters; leaves such decisions to the commissioner of health.

2025-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2669 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2669
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  establishing  an
   Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (r) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
 health law, as added by a chapter of  the  laws  of  2024  amending  the
 public  health  law  relating  to  establishing  an  Alzheimer's disease
 outreach and education program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
 S. 6504-A and A. 3122-A, is amended to read as follows:
   (r) Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias;  including  iden-
 tification  of  dementia  in  health  care  facilities including but not
 limited to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and assisted living facili-
 ties; community support services, including caregiver support groups and
 services, respite, and care management; and  resources  and  information
 concerning  Alzheimer's  disease  and any other dementia related matters
 that the commissioner [and director of the office for  the  aging  deem]
 DEEMS appropriate.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public  health  law
 relating  to  establishing an Alzheimer's disease outreach and education
 program, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers  S.  6504-A  and  A.
 3122-A, takes effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02713-01-5

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